He added: "Your offending was extremely serious with your two attempts to murder your wife. They were planned and carried out in cold blood for your own selfish purposes which include financial gain."

Describing the impact on Mrs Cilliers, the judge continued: "That your wife recovered at all was miraculous.

"She undoubtedly suffered severe physical harm and she must have suffered psychological harm in the terror of the fall and since.

"She appears to have recovered from the physical harm but not, having seen her in the witness box at length, from the psychological harm."

​Wiltshire Police Detective Inspector Paul Franklin gives his reaction to the conviction of Emile Cilliers ​for attempting to kill his wife Victoria by tampering with her parachute

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